IOWN Global Forum aims to bring together like-minded organizations to create a smarter world experienced in the daily lives of billions of people. When you join the IOWN Global Forum, you are joining best-in-class partners committed to solving a number of challenges facing society today to create a next-generation communications infrastructure for tomorrow.
Join the IOWN Global Forum today to work on both technology components and use cases for enabling a smarter world.
Membership Benefits and Fees
IOWN Global Forum offers the following classes of membership; organizations are invited to choose the class of membership that they qualify for which best fits their needs.
SPONSOR MEMBER
50,000 USD / year
For companies that are willing to commit time and resources to realize the world of IOWN technology.
Benefits
- Eligible for Board of Directors seat
- Eligible to vote in Board of Directors election
- Approval of final documents (Board only)
- Eligible for Member Committee Chair/Vice Chair/Member
- Eligible for Working Group Chair
- Includes General members benefits
GENERAL MEMBER
20,000 USD / year
For companies that are interested in the world of IOWN technology and want to be a part of its development.
Benefits
- Eligible for Working Group Vice Chair
- May propose new work items
- May participate & vote in Working Groups
- May observe Working Groups
- Attend F2F events (i.e. member meetings)
- Promote involvement in the Forum
- Access to documents in progress
- Access to published documents
ACADEMIC OR RESEARCH MEMBER
2,000 USD / year
For non-profit entities that are organized and operated primarily as an educational entity or research organization under the laws and regulations of its domicile jurisdiction.
Benefits
- May propose new work items
- May participate in Working Groups
- May observe Working Groups
- Attend F2F events (i.e. member meetings)
- Promote involvement in the Forum
- Access to documents in progress
- Access to published documents
For companies that are willing to commit time and resources to realize the world of IOWN.
For companies that are interested in the world of IOWN and want to be a part of its development.
For non-profit entities that are organized and operated primarily as an educational entity or research organization under the laws and regulations of its domicile jurisdiction.
- Eligible for Board of Directors seat
- Eligible to vote in Board of Directors election
- Approval of final documents (Board only)
- Eligible for Member Committee Chair/Vice Chair/Member
- Eligible for Working Group Chair
- Includes General members benefits
- Eligible for Working Group Vice Chair
- May propose new work items
- May participate & vote in Working Groups
- May observe Working Groups
- Attend F2F events (i.e. member meetings)
- Promote involvement in the Forum
- Access to documents in progress
- Access to published documents
- May propose new work items
- May participate in Working Groups
- May observe Working Groups
- Attend F2F events (i.e. member meetings)
- Promote involvement in the Forum
- Access to documents in progress
- Access to published documents
Steps to Join
Join the IOWN Global Forum in just three steps!
1. Review the IOWN Global Forum Forum Bylaws, IPR Policy, and Participation Agreement and submit the Participation Agreement.
Your agreement will be reviewed by the IOWN Global Forum membership team for completeness within 1 – 3 business days. If there are no questions you will receive an email from CongaSign to execute the Agreement or otherwise have the Agreement executed; the individual executing the Participation Agreement on behalf of the applicant Company warrants that he or she has all requisite signing authority for and on behalf of the entity seeking entry.
Affiliates of existing IOWN Global Forum Members may participate without voting rights under their own name by executing a Signatory Affiliate Acknowledgement agreement. Please contact [email protected] to request a copy of this agreement.
Any questions can be directed to [email protected], who can provide answers or connect you with a resource within the IOWN Global Forum as needed.
2. Execute the Participation Agreement
The IOWN Global Forum Board of Directors will review all Participation Agreements. The review period takes one week, after which the IOWN Global Forum team will send you welcome materials with an invoice for your annual membership fee. If there are any questions or further review required, you will be notified and kept informed of the status.
3. Pay applicable initial Membership Fee associated with the Member Classification level selected.
Membership privileges will commence upon acceptance of the Agreement by the IOWN Global Forum Board of Directors, which shall occur after the receipt of the applicable initial Membership Fee associated with the Member Classification level selected.
